GNU bug report logs - #26779
expr length

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Андрей Воронов <voronov <at> factor-ts.ru>

Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 15:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 26779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Андрей Воронов <voronov <at> factor-ts.ru>,
 26779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26779: expr length
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 08:43:19 -0700

On 04/05/17 02:59, Андрей Воронов wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have the bug in expr utility when it perform operation of the 
> calculating length of the string in my multi-byte encoding ru_RU.UTF-8.
> When I run:  "expr length Привет"
> it return me the number 12.
> But in the russian word "Hello" the length is 2 times shorter: exactly 6 
> characters.
> May you register and fix this problem?

expr is listed in the plan here:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils_i18n/

thanks
Pádraig

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GNU bug report logs - #26779 expr length

GNU bug report logs - #26779
expr length